EP1089543A1 - Vereinfachtes Faksimilegerät für Internet - Google Patents

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EP1089543A1
EP1089543A1 EP00402615A EP00402615A EP1089543A1 EP 1089543 A1 EP1089543 A1 EP 1089543A1 EP 00402615 A EP00402615 A EP 00402615A EP 00402615 A EP00402615 A EP 00402615A EP 1089543 A1 EP1089543 A1 EP 1089543A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/00127—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
    • H04N1/00204—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server
    • H04N1/00209—Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, and to details thereof
    • H04N2201/0008—Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus
    • H04N2201/0015—Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
    • H04N2201/002—Selecting or switching between an image communication channel and a non-image communication channel

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  • the invention relates to a facsimile machine arranged to transmit faxes to through a telephone network and through a computer network, by example the Internet.
  • the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks.
  • this one selects the network computer to send the fax, automatically, using the automatic network selection means, without user intervention.
  • the directory does not contain a computer address for the fax machine recipient, the fax goes through the computer network, through a gateway server. Thanks to this, we optimize the cost of communications. It will be noted that this is so not only in the case where the receiving fax machine is stored in the directory but is not there computer address, but also in the case where it is not in the directory.
  • the automatic means are arranged to control sending the fax to the gateway server, across the network IT only if the directory contains a call number international telephone from the receiving fax machine and, if not, to the recipient fax machine, through the telephone network.
  • control means include a transmit button for controlling sending a fax either through the computer network, to the computer address of the recipient fax machine, either over the network telephone, to the fax telephone number recipient, depending on whether or not the directory contains an address computer for the receiving fax machine.
  • the transmission control means comprise a transmission key, intended to control the transmission of the fax either through the computer network, to the computer address of the fax machine recipient, if the directory contains a computer address for the said recipient fax machine, or to the gateway server, if the directory contains, in a specific field, a telephone number international for said recipient fax machine, either through the network telephone, if the directory does not contain a computer address or number international telephone call, in the said field, for the fax machine recipient.
  • a transmission key intended to control the transmission of the fax either through the computer network, to the computer address of the fax machine recipient, if the directory contains a computer address for the said recipient fax machine, or to the gateway server, if the directory contains, in a specific field, a telephone number international for said recipient fax machine, either through the network telephone, if the directory does not contain a computer address or number international telephone call, in the said field, for the fax machine recipient.
  • the facsimile machine 11 of the invention is arranged to transmit and receive faxes over a telephone network 100, in this case the PSTN network (Switched Telephone Network), and through a computer network 101, here the Internet. It has access to Internet 101 and a service of electronic mail, provided by a server 50 of the Internet 101.
  • the facsimile machine 11 also has a computer e-mail address Internet 101, or "email Internet address", and a mailbox 51, located in the server 50, intended to store provisionally received messages, addressed to facsimile 11, until their download to fax 11.
  • the facsimile machine 11 comprises a module 2 for transmitting and receiving faxes through the telephone network 100, a transmission module 3 and for receiving electronic messages through the Internet 101, a man-machine interface, comprising an input keyboard 4 and a screen display 5, a printing block 6 and a scanner block 7.
  • the input keyboard 4 comprises, in addition to the ordinary elements of a keyboard two fax transmission keys 41, 42, explained more far.
  • Module 2 includes a block 21 for transmitting faxes, a block 23 for fax reception, a memory 22 for storing faxes on standby transmission and a memory 24 for storing received faxes.
  • the memories 22 and 24 are respectively connected to the transmission block 21 and to the receiving block 23.
  • Blocks 21, 23, for sending and receiving faxes are respectively intended to transmit and receive faxes according to a fax transmission protocol, in this case the T30 protocol.
  • Module 3 includes a block 31 for connection to the Internet 101, a block 34 for sending electronic messages, a block 32 for receiving messages electronic, a block 36 for preparing electronic messages, a memory 35 of electronic messages awaiting transmission and a memory 33 of received electronic messages.
  • connection block 31 is intended to connect the facsimile machine 11 to Internet 101, by telephone connection, through the telephone network 100, to server 50.
  • the transmission block 34 is intended for transmitting electronic messages to through the Internet 101, via the server 50.
  • the block of reception 32 is intended to retrieve received, stored messages temporarily in mailbox 51, by downloading from server 50 in fax 11.
  • Block 36 for preparing messages is intended for preparing messages electronic, intended to be transmitted over the Internet 101.
  • an electronic message includes a header, a body message and possibly one or more attachments.
  • the header contains in particular a field ⁇ TO>, intended to contain the Internet address of the sending fax machine, and a ⁇ FROM> field, intended for contain the e-mail address of the receiving fax machine.
  • the body of the message is intended to contain the message itself.
  • Rooms attachments can include data files, types (sound, video, graphics, etc.) and very diverse formats (doc, jpeg, gif, tiff, etc.), and including fax data files, which are graphic type.
  • block 36 of message preparation is for inserting the fax into a message electronic, attached.
  • the transmit blocks 34, 21, the receive blocks 32, 23 and the block connection 31 are connected to an interface 1 for connection to the telephone network 100, with a modem.
  • the facsimile machine 11 further comprises a memory 8 for storing a directory of correspondents, a block 9 for managing the directory 8 and a network selection controller 10, for sending a fax.
  • Directory 8 lists a plurality of corresponding fax machines. For each of these fax machines, directory 8 includes the three fields following associates: ⁇ name>, ⁇ telephone number>, ⁇ address Internet mail>.
  • the ⁇ name> and ⁇ telephone number> fields are respectively intended to contain a name, identifying the fax machine concerned, and the telephone number of this fax machine, this information constituting fax machine identification data.
  • the ⁇ Internet address of email> is intended to contain the email address of the considered fax machine or, if it does not have an Internet e-mail address, possibly his international telephone number.
  • the management block 9, linked to the directory 8, allows a user to register a new fax machine, that is, to list it, in the directory 8, by filling in the various associated fields ( ⁇ name>, ⁇ telephone number>, ⁇ email Internet address>), from delete a fax machine in directory 8, and modify the information, contained in the associated fields, relating to a fax machine already listed.
  • one of the two associated fields ⁇ telephone number> and ⁇ e-mail address>, of a directory 8 fax machine may not be filled in, i.e. may be empty.
  • the selection automaton 10 is linked to the directory 8, to the two blocks 34, 21, message preparation block 36 and message block Internet connection 31.
  • a user To send a fax, a user enters the name, or the number call, from the receiving fax machine, using the entry 4, then press one of the two transmission keys 41, 42.
  • the selection machine 10 searches the directory 8 for the name entered, or the telephone number entered, select one of the two networks, Internet 101 and telephone 100, depending on the content of the directory 8, and controls the transmission of the fax through the selected network.
  • the machine 10 controls the transmission of the fax through the Internet 101, or to the Internet e-mail address from the receiving fax machine, either to a gateway server 52 between the Internet 101 and the telephone network 100, intended to retransmit the fax to the receiving fax machine over the telephone network 100, depending on whether the ⁇ e-mail Internet address> field of the receiving fax machine contains an e-mail address or a telephone number international telephone service.
  • the facsimile machine 11 also includes a central control unit, in in this case a microprocessor, not shown, connected to the elements described above, and intended to control the operation of the facsimile machine 11.
  • a central control unit in in this case a microprocessor, not shown, connected to the elements described above, and intended to control the operation of the facsimile machine 11.
  • a user places the fax document in fax 11, enter the name, or phone number, of the recipient fax machine, using the input keyboard 4, and press one of the two transmission keys 41, 42.
  • the fax document is then scanned by the scanner block 7.
  • the selection machine 10 searches for entered identification data (name or phone number fax machine) in directory 8, select one of the two networks, Internet 101 and telephone 100, depending on the contents of the directory 8, and commands the transmission of the fax through the network selected.
  • the network selection operation, performed by the automaton 10, will now be explained, in the case 1) where the user press the first transmission key 41, and in case 2) where the user presses the second transmission key 42.
  • directory 8 contains the name entered, or the telephone number entered, the recipient's fax machine and an e-mail address for this fax machine, the machine 10 selects the Internet 101 and orders sending the fax, via the Internet 101, to the Internet address of recipient fax machine.
  • machine 10 selects the telephone network 100 and controls the transmission of the fax through the telephone network 100, to the telephone number of the receiving fax machine, entered by the user or extracted from the directory 8 by the automaton 10. This is so if the receiving fax machine is listed in the directory 8 but there is no registered email Internet address (the field ⁇ email Internet address> being empty or containing the number international telephone call number of the receiving fax machine), as well as in case the receiving fax machine is not listed in the directory 8. Of course, in the latter case, the user must enter the telephone number of the receiving fax machine.
  • directory 8 contains the name entered, or the telephone number entered, the recipient's fax machine and an e-mail address for this fax machine, the machine 10 selects the Internet 101 and orders sending the fax, via the Internet 101, to the Internet address of recipient fax machine.
  • directory 8 contains the name entered, or the telephone number entered, from the receiving fax machine, and, in the ⁇ Internet address of messaging>, the international telephone number of this the machine 10 selects the Internet 101 and orders the transmission of the fax, with the telephone number of the recipient fax machine, via Internet 101, to gateway server 52.
  • directory 8 does not contain an e-mail address or number international telephone number in the ⁇ e-mail address> field
  • the machine 10 selects the network telephone 100 and controls the transmission of the fax, through the telephone network 100, to the telephone number of the recipient fax machine. This is so in the case where the fax machine recipient is listed in directory 8 but with an ⁇ address field Internet mail> empty and a field ⁇ telephone number> containing a telephone number, possibly international, as well as in the event that the receiving fax machine is not listed in the directory 8. In the latter case, the user must obviously enter the telephone number of the receiving fax machine.
  • the PLC 10 having selected one of the two networks, the fax is transmitted through the selected network, such as.
  • the steps, described below in the three cases envisaged, aimed at sending the fax, are executed under the control of the PLC 10.
  • the message preparation block 36 prepares a message containing, in the ⁇ FROM> field, the e-mail address of the fax machine 11, preregistered, in the ⁇ TO> field, the e-mail address of the recipient fax machine, taken from directory 8, and, as an attachment, the scanned fax to be sent, in the form of a data file.
  • the message is then temporarily stored in memory 35.
  • connection block 31 connects the fax machine 11 to the Internet 101, by telephone connection through the telephone network 100 to waiter 50.
  • the transmission block 34 After connection of the fax machine 11 to the Internet 101, the transmission block 34 transmits through the Internet 101, via the server 50, the message temporarily stored in memory 35. The message is routed by Internet 101 to the fax machine's e-mail address recipient.
  • the message preparation block 36 prepares a message containing, in the ⁇ FROM> field, the e-mail address of the fax machine 11 preregistered, in the ⁇ TO> field, the e-mail address of the gateway server 52, also prerecorded, in the body of the message, the international telephone number of the receiving fax machine, extract from the directory 8, and, as an attachment, the fax to be sent, under the form of a data file.
  • the message is then provisionally stored in memory 35.
  • connection block 31 connects the fax machine 11 to the Internet 101, as previously described.
  • the transmission block 34 transmits the message through the Internet 101, via the server 50.
  • the message is routed through the Internet 101 to the gateway server 52.
  • the gateway server 52 extracts the fax and the telephone number of the receiving fax machine then, if necessary after converting the fax format, forward the fax over telephone network 100 to the telephone number telephone of the receiving fax machine, following a protocol of fax transmission.
  • the scanned fax is temporarily stored in the memory 22 until its emission, by the emission block 21, through the telephone network 100.
  • the second transmission key 42 could control the transmission of the fax via the Internet 101, to the gateway server 52, in the case where the receiving fax machine does not have an Internet e-mail address, stored in directory 8, but has a telephone number international, registered in the ⁇ telephone number> field.
  • the single transmit key could control the transmission of fax to gateway server 52 if, the ⁇ Internet address of email> not containing an email address, the field ⁇ telephone number> of the receiving fax machine contains a international telephone number.
  • gateway server 52 If the fax and telephone number of the recipient fax machine to gateway server 52, we could insert the telephone number in a field of the message header, by example in an ⁇ object> field, instead of inserting it in the body of the message.
  • the fax machine could be connected to any other telephone network, such as an ISDN network (Network Integrated Services Digital).
  • ISDN Network Integrated Services Digital

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